Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Hubble to seek new targets for New Horizons spacecraft



Once you've sent the first space probe to Pluto, what do you do for an encore? As NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft races to its encounter with the dwarf planet next year, the Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee have given its recommendation that the Hubble be used to find the Horizons’ next destination in the outer reaches of the Solar System... Continue Reading Hubble to seek new targets for New Horizons spacecraft

Section: Space

Tags: Hubble, Kuiper Belt, NASA, New Horizons, Pluto, Solar System, Space telescope,Spacecraft

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